Black Diamond [electronic resource] : The Rise and Fall of a Great English Dynasty
Bailey, Catherine2008
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Wentworthy is today a crumbling and forgotten palace in Yorkshire. Yet just 100 years ago is was the ancestral pile of the Fitzwilliams - an aristocratic clan whose home and life were fuelled by coal mining. This is the story of their spectacular decline: of inheritance fights; rumours of a changeling and of lunacy; philandering earls; illicit love; war heroism; a tragic connection to the Kennedys; violent deaths; miming poverty and squalor; and a class war that literally ripped apart the local landscape.
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Author:
Bailey, Catherine, AuthorArmstrong, Gareth, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Oakhill Publishing Limited, 2008
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Catherine Bailey read history at Oxford University. She is an award-winning television producer and director, making a range of critically - acclaimed documentaries inspired by her interest in 20th century history. This is her first book. She lives in west London.
ISBN:
9781846485046
Language:
English
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BRN:
2755486
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